Santa's Private Reserve (2001 - 2016)
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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Rogue’s annual holiday offering, Santa’s Private Reserve, is a variation of the classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops--including Chinook, and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John "more hops" Maier! This holiday elixir is brewed with two-row Harrington, Klages and Munich malts, along with Hugh Baird 30-37, Carastan 13-17, and Crystal 70-80 malts, plus free range coastal water and proprietary top-fermenting Pacman yeast.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a dark amber. Hops and spcie and some citrus, overall it was pretty well balanced.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating from 2010 - 750ml bottle brought back from the US, poured at home in Jersey. Pours red-orange-copper with a off white creamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, grapefruit, earth, nuts, pine, hints of spice & malt. Medium body. Well balanced. Sweet & dry medium bitter finish. Excellent
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2025
at 12:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. I almost thought this would be a malty flavored beer (don’t know why), but it was rather hoppy in both aroma and flavor. But that wasn’t a bad thing. This beer is actually rather tasty. Had a golden, amber color. Overall, pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Hopa. Pours deep copper, thick head. Rich amber ale with a spicy and ‘Belgian’ touch. Light body, easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
This beautiful amber ale has for it's highlights, an intense ruby color, a clean hop nose and hints of roast barley and more hops to round out the flavor profile. Well balanced and quite typical of the other excellent Rogue offerings. Reminds me of an Imperial Irish Red.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2025
at 23:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2022 Can from the Advent Box. Dark brown with faint garnet at the edges and a frothy tan head that slowly recedes. Sweet sugary stout with hints of roast and chocolate. Faint citrus light earthy hops. Odd but it works.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2022
at 04:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Brown color. Caramel, ginger and lemon in the aroma. Sweetish hoppy flavor with lemon, ginger and red berries. Rather thin with an earthy bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Dark amber colour, minimal head, fair lacing. Aroma is biscuit, red fruit, citrus hops. Medium bitterness. Lively carbonation, too high. Average.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2019
at 21:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml Bottle - Dark brown with red tinges and a foamy head. Dried fruit, marzipan, blackcurrant and caramel in the aroma. Caramel, blackcurrant, cherries, marzipan, pine and some slightly chocolatey notes in the taste. Quite tangy in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2018
at 20:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[as Rogue Santas Private Reserve ABV 5.0%] Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal luppolo e dal caramello. L'olfatto viene sollecitato in maniera elevata e la costanza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma è destinato a vita breve. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido è di aspetto nebbioso. Bollicine fini costituiscono la forma del perlage. La carbonazione è allegra e persistente. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è decisamente amaro. L'intensità gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano luppolate e di amaro. Il finale è amarognolo. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di caramello, miele, liquirizia, frutta secca, luppolo, resina, agrumi, pompelmo e lampone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2018
at 15:13